Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-01
SANTA ANA VALLEY.
A Remarkable Railroad
Center.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
At the Town of Santa Ana, and
Others, in that Portion
of the County.


the centers of regions of re-
markable fertility of soil, abundance
OF water supply, fine climate, pleasant
society composed of intelligent and
refined people, with churches, schools
and all tbs other accessories of a pro-
gressive community. Now the propo-
sition is to tell something about the
railroads and business which center
at those points.
Santa Ana has been for many years
the terminus of the branch Of the s.
P. Co., which connects this city with
Downey City, Norwalk, Anaheim, and
the whole lower end of the county.
AS such terminus the town has en-
loyed a very prosperous business.
Here daily stage connects for San
Juan and all the forty miles of terri
tory between. People from all the
country around, from Fountain Valley,
Newport Landing, the whole of the
Las Bolsos ranch, the country around
the Mcpherson Vineyard, and as far
as Modena, came here to trade. On
this commerce Santa Ana grew into
one Of the prettiest towns, and richest
communities in Southern California.
1t was on this the long lines of brick
stores full of costly merchandise were
founded, and lived. Now all this
good as it was-is to be changed for
the better. Within the past few days
a second line of railroad has reached
Santa Ana with its tracks, and with
its trains too. The California Central,
usually referred to still as the A.. T.
and S. F.. of which great system it is
a part, has come down from San
Bernardino through Riverside, South
Riverside, the Santa Ana Cafion,
Yorba. Olive Heights, st. James,
and Orange to Santa Ana. Daily
trains over this new line are now run
ming. But the road does not stop
here. It goes on via Tustin City,
across the great San joaquin ranch,
to San Juan Capistrano, San-Juan-by-
the-Sea. to Oceanside and finally to
San Diego, The trains do not yet |
pass Santa Ana, but the road is graded !
to Oceanside, whence a track has
been laid for some time passed to San |
Diego. The track is laid almost to |
San Juan Capistrano, forty miles be- |
low Santa Ana, and trains will be in
operation to that point in a few days !
more. Before two months pass by the
entire line to San Diego wiz be COM
pleted and in operation. This will |
put Santa Ana and her sister towns
on main continental line of railroad |
over which trains to and from the East |
will pass every day.
Santa Ana is to have a new line of |
road to Los Angeles direct. The Cali
fornia Central has had line staked |
out for some months past to connect |
Los Angeles with Santa Ana. This |
branch passes out of this city along |
the southern boundary of Boyle |
Heights, crosses the big Laguna
ranch to the San Gabriel river
near the Los Nietos bridge,
and runs thence to Santa Fe Springs.
Thence the line is staked along the |
mesa of the Santa Gertrudes ranch to
the old Coyote House, to Fullerton,
through Anaheim and to Santa Ana,
either via Orange or mrre directly.
AS repeatedly announced in the HER
AID, Just SO soon as the work near
Oceanside is completed the whole
grading force will be transferred to
Santa Ana and Los Angeles, and the
work begun, to be prosecuted with the
utmost vigor until the last spike is
driven and the cars in motion. This
will be before New Years day rises
on Southern California. Already there
is a small force OF men at work near
Santa Ana on this branch, but in a
very few days the whole force will
ego for blood'' in this matter. When
once connection is made with San Di
ego from Santa Ana, it must be con-
tinued to Los Angeles.
MORE RAILROADS.
Santa Ana will be a great railroad
center. 1t cannot help but be. A
line will run from here to Earlham
and the country along the foothills at
that point. Track must be laid to
Newport harbor to haul produce to the
steamer, and merchandise from there.
There is no doubt that rod will be
built from there about Ellf way be-
tween Anaheim and the ocean, and
then trending off to Long Beach and
San Pedro. The plain thus passed
over is one of remarkable fertility and
destined to be the homes of many
people. Then the Southern Pacific
company will at no distant day con-
tinue their present line from this city,
which now terminates at Santa Ana,
parallel to the new California Central
to San Diego. This is merely matter
of self-defense to the old company,
which is already apparent to the man
agement, and work will begin before
long. When these projects are all
completed Santa Ana will be the
center of an important network OF
railroads. The branches will all pass |
through long stretches of very rich |
country, where a teeming population
will make their homes in the next five
wears. Standing at Santa Ana, one is
in the center of district, level as a
floor. of matchless climate, fertile soil,
plenty of water, and stretching not
less than twenty miles in any direc-
ton, and forty miles in extent to the
East and West points of the compass.
There is the great San Joaquin south,
with it's thirty thousand acres OF fine
land soon to be cut up and put upon
the market. i
As the country is developed and
population grows, there will come into
Santa Ana daily corn and other grains,
hay and pumpkins galore, citrus and
deciduous fruits, grapes green and
dried as raisins, wine, brandy and
oil, nuts, olives and figs, butter, cheese
and eggs, poultry, live stock and wool.
All the products Of garden, orchard,
yineyard and farm in richest abund-
ance and in endless variety.
BEAUTY AND UTILITY.
Reference was made in previous
writing to a great water power at
Olive Heights. Progressive people
have taken this matter up, and already
there is run dynamo which gener-